Monday, March 10, 2008

Flat Bread

This recipe is so incredibly easy, and absolutely delicious! The first time I made it, I rolled it out very, very thin, so it would be crispy. The next time I made it, I rolled it fairly thick, so it as soft and chewy like naan or pita. You really won't believe how easy this is!

Combine beer, flour and salt, and stir to combine. Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead for 3 to 5 minutes. Shape into a ball and set aside for 10 minutes.

Cut off a portion of the dough and roll it out on a lightly floured surface. For very crispy bread, roll out really thin. For thicker, chewier bread, roll out to about 1/4" thickness (or more, as desired).

Brush lightly with olive oil, and if desired, sprinkle with sea salt, herbs, or poppy or sesame seeds.

Bake 6 to 8 minutes until the bread bubbles up and is lightly browned in spots.

3 comments:

It really just depends on how big of a piece you want. That's the beautiful thing about this bread. Make the pieces as big or as small, as thick or as thing as you want. Lately when I make it, I just make one big piece, about as large as a medium pizza. It's fairly thick that way, about 1/4 to 1/2-inch, but I think that's how I like it best.

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Simple. I was initially going to go with "food whore" until Brad pointed out that "whores do it for the money, but sluts do it because they like it". Awesome.

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I'm Cheryl, and I'm a food slut. I love food. I love cooking it, eating it, photographing it, staring at it, writing about it and reading about it. Cookbooks are one of my favorite things to read, and I'm known to scatter them around the house so I always have one to browse through, regardless of where I am. There are few things I find more enjoyable than ambling through a grocery store (particularly gourmet shops, or those in foreign countries) and checking out the products. I'm a slut, all right!

Besides being a food slut, I'm also a wife and mom. I'm 33years old, and have been married seven years to Brad, a man who loves food as much as I do. We have two fabulous little girls who love to help out in the kitchen. I've lived in Washington state (18 years, broken up into chunks of time here and there), California(3 years), Spain(7 years), Japan(4 years), Louisiana (1 year), and just recently moved to central New York, which I've already fallen deeply in love with.

This blog serves as a place for me to share my recipes with others, to make notes about different things I cook, and also as a means for me to corral all of my recipes in one place for easy reference.